Chapter Five Dialogue

  The little setback is over, I'm glad to meet you all again and feel grateful! Let's let go of our worries and start anew. With all of you by my side, I won't be lonely! Keep going!

  Under the care of Zhu Ma and Xiao Xiao, Jinzi drank some millet porridge and a bowl of bitter medicine, then fell into a deep sleep.

  This time, he didn't know how long he had slept, but when Jinzi woke up again, before opening his eyes, he could feel a warm and cozy feeling.

  Kaneko raised his eyes and looked at the sunlight shining through the paulownia carved window, feeling a bit dizzy in his head.

  Jin Sanniang's body is really not ordinary weak, it turns out that this sleep actually lasted from yesterday afternoon to now?

  Jinzi struggled to get up, and Xiao Xiao happened to come in from the outer room. Seeing this, she hastily ran over, supported Jinzi with one hand, and exclaimed: "Wife! Wife!"

  Jinzi raised her eyes and smiled, a pair of amber-colored eyes under the sunlight seemed like a flowing clear spring, clear and bright, but her face was still pale, hidden in the dazzling light, white without any impurities, almost transparent, yet beautiful enough to dazzle Xiao Xiao.

  The girl is so beautiful! Can't help but praise her from the bottom of my heart with a smile.

  If the girl from before was a soulless beauty, then the one in front of me right now is a lively and charming sick beauty...

  "Ha ha......" Jinzi called out softly, his voice having recovered a bit of strength compared to when he had just woken up yesterday.

  Xiao Xiao supported Jinzi's body, placed a pillow under his lower back and replied: "I'm right here, I was just outside making medicine for my wife, but I forgot to pull up the curtains in our room. Otherwise, my wife might have been able to sleep a bit longer."

  Jinzi looked out the window with narrowed eyes, through the gaps of the nanmu wood window, faintly seeing a patch of bright sunlight outside, and suddenly felt a warmth in her heart. She had been a wandering soul for so long, now what she yearned for most was that warmth.

  "It's sunny outside... Come on, let's go out and sit for a bit!" Jinzi said with a smile, looking at Xiao Xiao.

  She smiled slightly, and her eyes instantly turned red. The daughter had never been willing to go out before, and for many years she had been lingering on her sickbed, not even stepping out of the house door. Now, she took the initiative to propose going out for a walk, how could it not shock her?

  Is this outfit suitable for going out?

  Xiao Xiao couldn't help but express her concerns to Jinzi, who listened and then laughed: "If I don't go out to breathe in some fresh air and get some sunshine, how can my illness recover quickly?"

  This is about the common sense of health preservation, and on the other hand, it's Jin Zi's nature that makes her so busy with work every day in modern times, rushing to and fro, performing autopsies, writing reports, not stopping for a moment. Also, due to the nature of forensic work, sometimes even weekends don't bring a relaxing rest, one phone call and she has to dive back into work. Therefore, if she were to continue living in this mansion following her original lifestyle as Jin San Niang, it would be absolutely impossible.

  Smiling, he readily agreed and turned to take a satin cloak from the wardrobe for his wife to wear. Only then did he carefully support Jinzi out into the courtyard.

  As soon as I stepped out of the house, a mixture of earthy and grassy scents wafted towards me.

  That day, Jinzi hurried over and didn't notice that there were so many flowers and grasses in this small courtyard. The flower beds were well-maintained, but they weren't the usual ornamental flowers found in a girl's courtyard, instead, they were some medicinal herbs like honeysuckle, gentian, Magnolia officinalis, and green plum blossoms...

  On one side of the flower bed, there is a small piece of neatly arranged farmland, where some common herbs are planted. In the southeast corner of the yard, a wooden shed is built against the wall, with night-blooming jasmine and honeysuckle intertwined on it, and the green vines dotted with yellow and white petals cover it fully, with a thriving growth.

  Kaneko gazed at the scenery in the courtyard, his mouth slightly hooked, and took a deep breath.

  The cool and refreshing air filled her lungs, but it invigorated her spirits!

  In the courtyard there was a beautifully arranged chaise lounge, Xiao smiled and supported Jinzi as he walked over to sit down.

  Kanako leaned against the chaise longue, feeling the sunlight penetrate her icy pale skin and enter her body, wandering through her limbs, this was a feeling of being alive.

  Xiao Xiao helped Jinzi tidy up his cloak and stood quietly beside him, accompanying him. Although the chores in the courtyard were not yet done, she still didn't feel at ease leaving Jinzi, a frail person, alone.

  Jinzi closed his eyes and searched for memories of Jin Sanniang in his mind. Except for Jin Yuan, Linshi, the servants by her side, and her own brothers and sisters, Jin Sanniang had almost no concept of some important events of this dynasty, and even her own mother Liu Shi was only a vague impression. Alas, Jin Sanniang's understanding of the Daxi Dynasty was indeed less than that of his own newly arrived wandering soul.

  She let out a deep sigh, and indeed, Jin San Niang had not spoken since she was four years old. For over ten years, she had been hiding in her room, isolated from the world, unaware of these things, which was also reasonable. However, when it came to the warmth and coldness of human relationships within the mansion, she was exceptionally clear-headed, able to distinguish who truly cared for her and who was harsh and cruel.

  They said that Jin San Niang was stupid, but in Jin Zi's eyes, a daughter who did not want to speak and did not want to go out was actually suffering from an illness.

  Jin San Niang suffers from autism!

  From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, the pathogenesis of autism is due to congenital deficiency, kidney essence deficiency, heart orifice obstruction, spirit loss of nourishment, liver loss of regulation, and failure of ascension. The disease location is in the brain, which has a close relationship with the heart, liver, and kidney.

  So, those doctors still have some skills, in ancient times, autism was also known as isolated syndrome, extremely difficult to cure.

  Smiling as I gaze at the woman lying quietly with her eyes closed, cultivating her spirit, everything feels like a dream. The person in front of me, is she still my original wife? Why does it feel like she's completely different now?

  With a heart full of doubts and fears, he hesitantly called out: "Wife!"

  "Hmm?" Kinko still had her eyes closed.

  "The slave thinks you seem different!" burst out laughing.

  "Then do you like me as I was before or as I am now?"

  "Nature is now the daughter, and the daughter has now regained her clarity of mind, giving both the mother-in-law and the servant a glimmer of hope. It's just that the servant never thought there would be such a day......" Xiaoxiao was after all an innocent young girl who spoke directly from the heart without considering whether her words were appropriate.

  That sentence "I never thought I'd see the day" might be misinterpreted in some people's mouths, and even accused of being a bad wife. But Jinzi, who has come from modern times, likes this kind of straightforward and honest personality that doesn't beat around the bush, making people wonder if Xiaoxiao's words are inappropriate.

  "You've all had a hard time these years. Although I never spoke, you treated me well and I knew it!" These words were not fabricated by Jinzi at all, for in his memory, San Niang had always felt this way about the two of them.

  "Did you know all along? Why then did you..."

  "Why don't you speak up?" Jinzi looked at him with a smile, his amber-colored eyes gleaming like jade as he replied playfully, "I've been conversing with the gods all along!"

  Dialogue with God? What's going on?

  Covering her mouth with laughter, shocked beyond words...

  Isn't the girl the legendary heavenly maiden?

  In the past, I heard from the elderly mother of the prefecture that only heavenly girls can hear the words of the gods...

  Smiling eyes wide open, welcoming with a smile looking at his own wife, a sentence flashed in his mind: Really?

  Just then, the mother of the stake who had just entered from the gate of the hospital also seemed to have heard this shocking and astonishing sentence: dialogue with God!

  This is the Yu Dynasty, similar to the prosperous Tang Dynasty of ancient China. People here value various etiquette and teachings, but Buddhism is the most prevalent. I've heard that this Buddhism was also introduced from the Western world. The Yu Dynasty has diplomatic relations with the Western country of Louyue, and often, red-haired and green-eyed missionaries come from afar to preach in the imperial capital of Yu. It's not just Buddhism; they seem to have a ritualistic teaching that worships heavenly gods as well. I've heard that when those missionaries who worship heavenly gods arrived in Yu, regardless of whether they were in a foreign land or not, when the time came, they would look up towards the west, close their eyes and pray, lightly clasp their hands together in front of their chest, and chant something like "Amen", which is quite strange.

  Is the god in your wife's mouth related to the Tian Shen Jiao?

  The daughter of a wealthy family had never even stepped out of the house, let alone have the opportunity to come into contact with missionaries from 108,000 li away in the imperial capital.